Biological interpretation of relative risk

Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-79

  Lanes, Stephan F ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW DRUG;

DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

CAUSALITY; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; DRUG EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK;

EID: 0032771588     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-199921020-00001     Document Type: Short Survey

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